Career

Managing Editor of Science as Culture since its inception in 1987; Editor since 2005.

Research Areas

Controversial agricultural technologies, especially agbiotech and bioenergy, as well as alternatives to agri-industrial systems. These topics provide case studies for several policy-relevant issues: agri-environmental sustainability, European integration, trade conflicts, governance, public participation, regulatory science, the precautionary principle and eco-efficiency.

Project funding has come from the European Commission and the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). For a list of past projects, research reports and downloadable papers on agricultural biotechnology, see the Biotechnology Policy Group webpages at http://technology.open.ac.uk/cts/bpg.htm

Research projects:

‘Ecowater: Meso-level eco-efficiency indicators to assess technologies and their uptake in water use sectors’, funded by the European Commission during 2011-14, coordinated by the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Project website: http://environ.chemeng.ntua.gr/ecowater/